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Monday, June 16, 2008

Tonight! Dax Riggs - Tonight!

Posted by Ezra Caraeff on Mon, Jun 16 at 3:04 PM

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DAX RIGGS, JOHN BARRETTS BASS DRUM OF DEATH, ADRIAN H & THE WOUNDS
(Roseland Grill, 8 NW 6th) Louisianas Dax Riggs has been a rock star in waiting for years. His resonant, crooning vocals and death-obsessed lyrics are compelling and unmistakable, but hes gone through bands quicker than some people change their underwear. First there was the NOLA sludge-metal band Acid Bath; next the drugged-out, 70s-glam-inspired Agents of Oblivion; and then Deadboy & the Elephantmen. Perhaps wisely, Riggs has finally gone solo, issuing We Sing of Only Blood or Love last year on Fat Possum. His most pop album yet, We Sing blends the soaring melancholy of the earlier Deadboy lineup with the bluesy rock of later Deadboy, and somehow it works. And man, this guy can still sing. WILL YORK

MP3:
Dax Riggs - Didn’t Know Yet What I’d Know When I Was Bleedin’

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i miss deadboy and the elephantmen; primarily because the drummer was a goddamn fox. so good-looking.

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